Can-Do Statements

• Can give basic personal information in writing (e.g., name, address)

• Can understand a personal letter, email, or post in which the writer addresses or asks about familiar subjects (e.g., family or friends)  

• Can write emails, and text messages (e.g., to send or reply to an email)  (A2)

• Can convey personal information of a routine nature (e.g., in a short email introducing him/herself)  (A2)

• Can write a variety of short, simple, interpersonal messages on familiar topics (A2)  

• Can engage in basic social communication online (e.g., writing a simple message on a virtual card for a special occasion, sharing news, and making/confirming arrangements to meet)  (A2)

• Can write basic, factual emails and letters (e.g., to request information or to ask for and give confirmation) (B1)  

• Can understand personal letters, emails, or online postings that address events, feelings, and experiences (B1) 

Band II

email   /  receive   /  send  / subject  /  greeting  /  sign  / signature / reply / Best Wishes / Yours / would like / dear /

Writing Task

You are going to write an email about an event you usually go to or do.  The following points could help:

• Type of the event

• Who you usually go with/ invite

• Where it usually happens

• When it usually happens

• Why you usually go there/ do

• What you can do there

• Why you like/dislike it

• How you feel about it

Checklist

Tick the checklist to follow up with your writing of the email:

• I wrote the address and the subject

• I opened the email with a proper greeting

• I listed 5 facts about the event

• I wrote sentences with capital letters and periods.

• I used new words from Band II

• I used present simple 

• I wrote the correct sentence structure

• I used the correct word order with adjectives 

• I wrote neatly 

• I ended the email with a conclusion

• I wrote a closure word and signed my name